#2A889C#2A889C

#2A889C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A889C
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -20.14, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 27.36, 222.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0734 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.09 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7572, 20.4990, 34.5723)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A889C #9C3E2A

analogous

#2A9C77 #2A889C #2A4F9C

triadic

#2A889C #9C2A88 #889C2A

tetradic

#2A889C #772A9C #9C3E2A #4F9C2A

square

#2A889C #772A9C #9C3E2A #4F9C2A

split-complementary

#2A889C #9C2A4F #9C772A

monochromatic

#10343C #1D5E6C #2A889C #39B0CA #6AC4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#2A889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#2A889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A889C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A889C	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb9',
    500: '#2a889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a889c;
$custom-light: #74abb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58164,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A889C

secondary

#BD7465

accent

#6247E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A889C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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